Pitchfork's 2009 year end lists

Bee OK · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:47 pm

it has begun...

Today: Top 100 Tracks, #100-#51
Tuesday: Top 100 Tracks, #50-#1
Wednesday: Albums, Honorable Mention - 25 excellent records that didn't make our Top 50
Thursday: Top 50 Albums of 2009, #50-#26
Friday: Top 50 Albums of 2009, #25-#1

Songs 51 - 100 link: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lis ... s-of-2009/

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

im a sucker for lists, especially ones as well done as PFM

whether you agree or not they put a lot of effort into their lists and the lala links are always nice

ShamWow! · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:49 am

Oh goodie, more shit you will not have written.

shmoo · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:11 am

Kind of like all the music we talk about on here?

bitterbuffalo · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:11 pm

Dirty Projectors #2
Animal Collective #1
:Shocking!!!!!:

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:12 pm

Their track list seems so random outside of their predictable top 10.

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:53 pm

I'm not burning any calories getting all worked up over it, but to claim that anything other than "1901" is the song of the year is out and out ridiculous.

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:54 pm

Thee Incident Wrote:

I'm not burning any calories getting all worked up over it, but to claim that anything other than "1901" is the song of the year is out and out ridiculous.

hands down, best song of the year. nothing even comes close.

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:55 pm

there is some straight up garbage in the list so far.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:07 pm

Thee Incident Wrote:

I'm not burning any calories getting all worked up over it, but to claim that anything other than "1901" is the song of the year is out and out ridiculous.

Well it was their #3 choice so I would certainly hope you wouldn't get too worked up.

I don't think that either "Stillness Is the Move" or "My Girls" is the best song on its respective album.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:36 pm

kind of ridiculous that summertime clothes isn't on there.

andyfest · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:38 pm

I can't believe Laura was not one of the top two Girls songs on the list.

Zombeels · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:52 pm

It's a crap list.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:15 pm

passion pit? top 50? really?

bitterbuffalo · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:05 am

bitterfiggypudding Wrote:

Dirty Projectors #2
Animal Collective #1
:Shocking!!!!!:

andyfest · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:15 am

Maybe I just paid more attention to the critically acclaimed albums this year but as predictable as P4k tends to be, this is the most predictable I've ever seen it. They threw in their obligatory rap album in the top-5 but otherwise, it looks like they took Metacritics top indie albums of the year and wrote a little blurb about each one.

discostu · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:38 pm

Glad they've put up streams of each album. I like that feature.

pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

Quote:

Dirty Projectors #2
Animal Collective #1
:Shocking!!!!!:

Almost as shocking as Rolling Stone's top 2:

Springsteen #2
U2 #1

It's like time stopped in 1988...

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:31 pm

Dalen loves stuffing Wrote:

Thee Incident Wrote:

I'm not burning any calories getting all worked up over it, but to claim that anything other than "1901" is the song of the year is out and out ridiculous.

hands down, best song of the year. nothing even comes close.

Shit, I like "Lisztomania" better but they are both good songs.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:45 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Dalen loves stuffing Wrote:

Thee Incident Wrote:

I'm not burning any calories getting all worked up over it, but to claim that anything other than "1901" is the song of the year is out and out ridiculous.

hands down, best song of the year. nothing even comes close.

Shit, I like "Lisztomania" better but they are both good songs.

Everytime I see "Lisztomania" I just keep thinking of this movie/album:

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Dalen loves stuffing Wrote:

Thee Incident Wrote:

I'm not burning any calories getting all worked up over it, but to claim that anything other than "1901" is the song of the year is out and out ridiculous.

hands down, best song of the year. nothing even comes close.

I gave both albums a chance, but wasn't really moved by either, but I assumed "My Girls" would be the obvious #1 over "1901."

posthumus · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:17 am **Posts:** 589

I need pitchfork's dealer. Seriously.

tentoze · **Posted:** Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:50 pm

Not that I ever had any indie cred to begin with, but that list cinched the deal.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:49 pm

http://perpetua.tumblr.com/post/2934847 ... n-us-sales

Pitchfork Top 10 Albums, In US Sales

1. Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion 131k
2. Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca 48k
3. the xx xx 35k
4. The Flaming Lips Embryonic 75k (estimate)
5. Raekwon Only Built For Cuban Linx Part II 141k
6. Grizzly Bear Veckatimest 132k
7. Bat For Lashes Two Suns 36k
8. Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 205k
9. Fever Ray Fever Ray 23k
10. Girls Album 19k

Sales figures are from Soundscan through December 6th, 2009. I was hoping to get data for the entire Pitchfork top 50 and reshuffle the list to reflect sales, but that’s looking to be a tall order. Here are sales numbers for other albums on the list:

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:24 am

2, 4, & 5 are shit, otherwise, ok.

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